ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,832, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Sorenson IP Holdings LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Hearing accommodation" was invented by David Thomson (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include obtaining a first audio signal including first speech originating at a remote device during a communication session between the remote device and a communication device and obtaining a second audio signal including second speech originating at the communication device during the communication session between the remote device and the communication device. The method may also include obtaining a characteristic of the communication s...